One of the many pleasures of being a bookseller, is the insight I have gleaned into books no longer in print or hard to get. The pleasure part comes when enquiries by customers about said books, allows me to engage in some bookish research on their behalf. It is disheartening when I have to inform … Continue reading Book Stop #4
Book Stop is an occasional meme that allows me to travel and indulge in a good bookshop or library browse, during these strange, strange times when it’s difficult to travel outside our home state, let alone the country. I plan to combine my bookish instincts with my itchy feet and explore the world via bookshops … Continue reading Book Stop #3
Book Stop is an occasional meme that allows me to travel and indulge in a good bookshop browse, during these strange, strange times when we cannot travel outside our home state, let alone the country. I plan to combine my bookish instincts with my itchy feet and explore the world via bookshops. I have a … Continue reading Book Stop #2
Photo by Paolo Chiabrando on Unsplash Given that we cannot travel outside our home state, let alone the country, at the moment, I thought I might indulge my bookish instincts with my itchy feet and explore the world via bookshops. I have a number of bookshops on my to-visit wish list, if I am ever in that country, … Continue reading Book Stop
Accidentally Kelly St illustrated by Briony Stewart with lyrics by Tim O’Connor from Frente! For people of a certain age, or perhaps people who had young children in 1992/93, you will remember the bubbly, joyful, effervescent pop group Frente! bouncing around our screens in colourful clothes, hair rollers and pearls. Accidentally Kelly Street was the … Continue reading A few Australian children’s books to finish off AusReading Month 2022
The edition of 1001 Books To Read Before You Die that I have is the Australian. The list below is the one kindly complied by the folk at List Challenges. The first edition of the book was the 2006 UK one edited by Dr. Peter Boxall, quickly followed by one published in the US. Updates … Continue reading 1001 Books to Read Before You Die
Lately I have been struggling with the how, what, when, where and why of blogging. Some minor health issues have been impacting everyday life, work is exhausting me and I never seem to have enough time. But I am still reading! So that’s a bright spot. Trying to pull my thoughts together coherently feels out … Continue reading The Promise | Damon Galgut #BookerPrize
The first thing we did was change our names. This post will look less like a book review and more like a list of feminist writers. But before we get to the list, a little about my journey with After Sappho by Selby Wynn Schwartz. I deliberately chose to start reading After Sappho knowing next … Continue reading After Sappho | Selby Wynn Schwartz #BookReview
This page is devoted to books set in Canberra and the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) or written by authors from or based in the ACT. All the books listed below are fiction, except for those with a non-fiction tag. Please let me know of any that I have missed. As time permits I will be … Continue reading Books Set in Canberra or the ACT
Long before the birth of Brona’s Books, nearly 12 years ago, and long before my preschool teaching days, I read nothing but children’s books. Lots of them. As often as I could, as many times as I could. Rereading favourites was the only way to feed my voracious habit. The school library could not keep … Continue reading Before Brona’s Books #1001ChildrensBooks
After thoroughly enjoying my time with Charlie, and his new boyfriend Nick in Heartstopper Vol 1, I knew I had to complete the trilogy to see how things turned out for them. Heartstopper Vols 2 & 3 shows that being in love is pretty easy for these two sweet guys. The hard part is coming out … Continue reading Heartstopper Vol 2 & 3 | Alice Oseman #GraphicNovel
Lisa @ANZLitLover is hosting her annual Indigenous Literature Week. Normally this week is also NAIDOC week, but due to Covid it has been postponed until 8th -15th November. The 2020 theme is Always Was, Always Will Be. Always Was, Always Will Be. recognises that First Nations people have occupied and cared for this continent for … Continue reading Indigenous Picture Books
Every time I see these very chic, very elegant picture books, I want to say Cla-reece. I have an acquaintance called Cla-reece. However to read these stories, I have to make a huge mental effort to say ‘Paris-Claris’ in my head a few times to find the rhyme. I’ve been saving this post for today, … Continue reading Claris The Chicest Mouse in Paris | Megan Hess #PictureBook
How can someone so young be so successful already? Alice Oseman has been a YA publishing sensation for 6 years now. She was only 19 when her debut YA novel, Solitaire first appeared. Solitaire is narrated by Tori Spring ‘a pessimistic…teenage speed skater with a penchant for solving mysteries’. The story is all about her, … Continue reading Heartstopper Vol 1 | Alice Oseman #GraphicNovel
The Whitbread Book Award was established in 1971 to encourage, promote and celebrate the enjoyment of reading. They became the Costa Book Awards in 2006. Highlighted books are the winners of the BOOK OF THE YEAR award as well as their category win. Books marked with an (R) are ones I’ve read but not reviewed.Books … Continue reading Costa Book Awards
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